http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/18/coack-k-disses-obamas-basketball-picks/

Ok, like 30% of Americans don’t approve of the job Obama’s doing as president.  I think 45% of people didn’t vote for Barack.  But, you won’t find a single person other than Coach K that criticizes him for taking 10 minutes to fill out a bracket.

Way to positively brand the Duke name to the few remaining people outside of Durham, NC that for some reason don’t find the program/coach really annoying.  Recruiting, recruiting, recruiting.

There’s nothing like March Madness!  Below is my National Championship game pick.  Good luck – you’ll need it if you heed to any of my tourney advice.  Ha!

I considered taking UNC to win it all.  But, assuming the Spartans make the championship game, I’d hate to be ok with a MSU loss because I called it correctly in my bracket.

Below is a video of my walk to work this morning.

The good stuff starts about 30-45 seconds into the clip.  Not sure if anyone was injured but the top of the building was torn up and a handful of cars around the building were completely destroyed.

It would be awesome if Qik for the iPhone somehow allowed the ability to zoom while recording in but I’m not complaining.  Also, I’ve received a few emails saying that the video doesn’t stream and is choppy.  Weird.  Hope it’s not a Qik thing.

Vodpod videos no longer available.
Update 1: Here’s a link from the Tribune with a photo of the f’ed up cars…

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/03/river-north-furnace-explodes-debris-closes-streets.html

Update 2: Here are some more photos…

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=65115&l=acaff69508&id=659682276

Update 3: I’m an idiot.  A large brick chimney on the top of the 8+ story building next to Club Lago is what fell.  Still, a sh!t ton of damage to Club Lago and surrounding cars.

There’s nothing like March Madness!

Below is my National Championship game pick.  Things really heat up (???) tomorrow when I declare my National Champion.

Good luck – you’ll need it if you heed to any of my tourney advice.  Ha!

Like this YouTube video (and eBay listing), I wonder how long it will take for the below video of an iPhone prototype to get yanked.

I’m guessing 3 hours – 3:oo pm CDT.

Let the countdown begin…

Update: 16+ hours later and the video’s still on YouTube.  Impressive.

There’s nothing like March Madness!

Below are my Final 4 picks.  Tomorrow I’ll reveal my National Championship game pick.  Things really heat up (???) when I declare my National Champion on Thursday.

Good luck – you’ll need it if you heed to any of my tourney advice.  Ha!

There’s nothing like March Madness!

Below are my Elite 8 picks.  Tomorrow I’ll reveal my Final 4 picks.  Things really heat up (???) when I announce my National Championship game pick on Wednesday.  All of this leads up to Thursday morning when I declare a National Champion.

Good luck – you’ll need it if you heed to any of my tourney advice.  Ha!

Get the man a glass of water, handkerchief , or don’t ask him to talk for long periods of time.  Gross!  I only noticed the spit once.  See screenshot below.  It was evident throughout this 45 second comment…

“Let me give you an analogy, if I might.  If you have a neighbor, who smokes in bed. And he’s a risk to everybody. If suppose he sets fire to his house, and you might say to yourself, you know, ‘I’m not gonna call the fire department. Let his house burn down. It’s fine with me.’ But then, of course, but what if your house is made of wood? And it’s right next door to his house? What if the whole town is made of wood? Well, I think we’d all agree that the right thing to do is put out that fire first, and then say, ‘What punishment is appropriate? How should we change the fire code? What needs to be done to make sure this doesn’t happen in the future? How can we fire proof our houses?’ That’s where we are now. We have a fire going on.”

Below is an advertisement I snagged off facebook.

As somebody that’s had a hotmail account since 2001, I can assure you that nothing significant has changed or improved over the last 8 years.  Hence, I primarily (and obviously) use gmail.

Since when is straight up lying in an advertisement allowed by law?  Sort of not joking…

AT&T service in Chicago is not good.  As I’ve noted on BccList.com and Twitter, the iPhone would would rule the cellphone world if it wasn’t for AT&T.

So, I don’t drive much.  In fact, if I put 10 miles a month on our car, I would be shocked.  I take either the train or bus nearly everywhere I can.  The area I commonly need AT&T service is highlighted green.  The areas that I have limited or no service in are highlighted red – including my walk home and our actual house.  Thank goodness for wifi!

Less bars in more areas.  Ouch!

http://i.gizmodo.com/5169081/unicorn-wishes-if-only-iphone-os-30-had-these-very-cool-things

It seems that Brian Lam at Gizmodo awkwardly loves the Palm Pre.   Below are his iPhone wishes for the soon to be released OS 3.0.  I’ve noted those wishes that currently exist on a standard iPhone.  Moreover, I crossed out the wishes that could be resolved by jailbreaking an iPhone…

• CUUUUUUUUUUT AND PASSSSSSSSSSSTEEEEEEEE!!!

jailbreak

• Multitasking gestures, like the Palm Pre

huh?

• Background app running, like the Palm Pre

jailbreak

• App store submission fees, or some way to limit app store spam, like Microsoft’s planned app store

huh?

• MMS – I don’t care about this, really, but you might

nobody cares about MMS.  when an iPhone user gets a text picture mail, it can be accessed by following a simple link.  rather than send a picture text, iPhone users simply send the picture as an email.

• Video recording

jailbreak

• Voice dialing and text-to-speech caller ID

there’s an legal App Store app for this.

• Better software support for phone-related stuff, like optionally adding “Favorites” or “Recents” to home screen (and improved voice quality if possible)

this is a pretty easy thing to do even on a non jailbroken iPhone.

• Bluetooth stereo streaming, like the Palm Pre

huh?

• Bluetooth file transfer and storage

huh?

• Bluetooth/Wi-fi sync, like the Zune

huh?

• iLife and iWork Mobile for editing docs and multimedia on the phone itself

editing docs – I’m not sure.  editing multimedia – there are plenty of Apps available for this.

• SPEED – The OS gets really sluggish after using it for awhile

huh?

• A completely new or refreshed UI – There’s something to be said for meaningless but thoughtful design refreshes

huh?

• Big keyboard support and bulk delete in every app

get a bigger keyboard by jailbreaking.  bulk delete – huh?

• Flash support in browser

ok, this would be cool.

• iTunes app management

there’s an iTunes App.

• Popups and notifications that don’t interrupt your current activity, like the Palm Pre

huh?

It’s my opinion the only thing the iPhone is missing once jailbroken is a good wireless carrier, flash supported browser, and a flash camera.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090311/METRO01/903110384

“OK, I SOLD WEED IN COLLEGE!”

Wow, what a bada$$.  Didn’t everyone?  Ha!

God, some of this is too good to believe.  Such as…

Often, though, they can just be quizzical: Can someone who helps run a city that borders Canada not know where Montreal is? After Kilpatrick suggests a rendezvous there in December 2003, Beatty asks him: “WHERE IS THAT?” Luckily, she has an idea: “IN CANADA?” He confirms it: “Lol. Yes Canada.”